Custom Door Hanging
Hanging and installation of a solid 6-panel door, including routing of hinge mortises. A 24" wide solid wood door is ripped narrower and hinge pockets are routed with a guide template and template bushing. The door is mounted on the jambs and ... [... more]
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Repairing A Split Door Jamb
Break-in repair: cutting out a split door jamb and replacing it with new wood. A damaged door jamb is cut away and replaced with clear pine. The door knob striker and deadbolt holes were re-drilled. I got a call about fixing a door. The lady said ... [... more]
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Replacing An Old Entry Door
Last summer I helped some friends remodel the garage behind their 1898 Victorian home. We have not yet been able to determine the age of the garage, I would estimate it was built in the 1920's or 1930's. Even though it was built as a "two car" . [... more]
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Breeze In, Bugs Out -
The width and height of the door opening is measured. The four major components are cut to length. The retracting mechanism is assembled and the four components are installed against the brick molding. Retractable Screen on the entry door between ... [... more]
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Re-Painting A Steel Door
A steel entry door is removed from its hinges, the old kickplate is removed and rust spots are treated before being repainted. The front door on this 9-year-old house was showing signs of age... and the homeowners had grown tired of the color (I ... [... more]
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Painting Wooden Door Jambs
Entry door trim is sanded, caulked and given a coat of oil-based primer before being painted with latex exterior paint. The door at the beginning. There were a lot of small spots where the paint had flaked off. I used an orbital sander and coarse ... [... more]
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Wood Blocks For Filler
Trim is pried away and a big chunk of rotten door jamb is lopped off and replaced with treated lumber. The sad part of this story is the young age of this very expensive, name-brand patio door: 7 years. This house has Closer inspection revealed ... [... more]
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Epoxy Filler
Rotten wood is scraped away from door jambs and treated with epoxy wood hardener, then filled with epoxy. My original task was to repaint the door jambs on this house. After sanding the loose paint (the primer did not seem to bond well) I noticed ... [... more]
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Fixing A Separating
An old rail and stile door is clamped tightly while glue and pocket screws are applied too hold the pieces together. A bathroom door in this turn-of-the-last-century house had a bad case of separated sections. I suspect that the previous owners ... [... more]
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Replacing A Lever-Style Lockset
A broken Peachtree brand lever-style lockset is removed and replaced with a new unit. I started by removing the two long screws that held the two halves together. The latch was held in place by two small screws, which were removed. The ... [... more]
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Installing A Door Knob...
Installation of a door knob in a blank solid wood door, including drilling of holes. A pair of holes is drilled for the door knob and the knob is installed, along with the striker plate. First we secured the door in our custom-made door-holding ... [... more]
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Cutting A Deadbolt Hole
The center point of a deadbolt hole is carefully laid out and drilled with a special hole saw. Most new pre-hung doors come with a hole already cut for the lockset (i.e. the door knob). But not all doors come with an extra hole for a deadbolt. ... [... more]
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